Shloka 21

Sagarapratijñāpālana (Fulfilment of Sagara’s Vow) — Keśinī-vivāha and Royal Return

Devanagari script

वेदघोषैः सुमधुरैर्ब्राह्मणैरभिनन्दितः / संस्तूयमानः सुभृशं सूतमागधवन्दिभिः

Transliteration

vedaghoṣaiḥ sumadhurairbrāhmaṇairabhinanditaḥ / saṃstūyamānaḥ subhṛśaṃ sūtamāgadhavandibhiḥ

Translation

婆罗门以极其甘美的吠陀诵声向他致贺；苏多、摩伽陀与颂赞之士亦大加称颂。

Word by Word

• veda-ghoṣaiḥ: with Vedic chants
• veda-ghoṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda + ghoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'Vedic chants/sounds'

• su-madhuraiḥ: very sweet
• su-madhuraiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (तृतीया) plural (बहुवचन); avyayībhāva with su-: 'very sweet'

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: by the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) plural (बहुवचन)

• abhinanditaḥ: welcomed/celebrated
• abhinanditaḥ: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-√nand (नन्द् धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन)

• saṃstūyamānaḥ: being praised
• saṃstūyamānaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√stu (स्तु धातु)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्/मान), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन): 'being praised'

• su-bhṛśam: exceedingly
• su-bhṛśam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: su + bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण): 'very much/exceedingly'

• sūta-māgadha-vandibhiḥ: by the sūtas, māgadhas and bards
• sūta-māgadha-vandibhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta + māgadha + vandi (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया) plural (बहुवचन); dvandva: 'by sūtas, māgadhas, and bards/panegyrists'